A cute Japanese girl Nechi-chan guided me around Asakusa by rickshaw😊 | Tokyo Asakusa

A cute Japanese girl Nechi-chan guided me around Asakusa by rickshaw😊 | Tokyo Asakusa

She: We’re off. Tokyo Rickshaw staff: Good luck. She: Please watch your step. And please wait a moment. She: Okay, please ride a rickshaw. Me: Thank you. She: Good. She: It’s cold today with the wind blowing so hard. Me: Yeah, it’s cold today.

Me: Have you ever come to Asakusa for New New Year’s day? She: Actually, this is my first time to spend New Year’s day in Asakusa. Me: Oh, I see. She: I’m excited. Me: I think Asakusa will be very crowded today. She: Yeah, I agree.

She: Is the seat belt tight? Me: It’s all right. Thank you. She: I’m excited about the start of a new year. Me: Yeah. She: And, I hear that today is a very good day in terms of Feng Shui. Me: Oh, I see.

She: It’s rare that this lucky day coincides with New Year’s Day. Me: Wow, today is a very auspicious day. She: Okay, it’s all set. Me: Thank you. She: Okay, I’ll lift it up. She: Please lean back. Okay, 1, 2, 3. She: Please sit back comfortably. Me: Okay.

She: We’re off! Tokyo Rickshaw staff: Good luck! Me: Viewers, it’s now the morning of January 1. She: New Year’s Day morning! Me: Oh, I find Mii-chan. Mii-chan: Good luck. She: I’ll do my best. Me: Happy New Year. She: This is my first run in 2024. Me: Oh, I see.

She: The traffic light will soon turn green, so I will introduce myself after crossing over there. Me: Okay. Thank you. She: It’s a nice day today, so you can see the Sky Tree clearly. Me: Yeah, it’s a nice day. She: Yeah, so I’m happy.

She: The year 2024 has a nice start. Me: Yeah. Me: There are a lot of police officers in city today. She: Yeah. Me: After about one hour, the main street will be blocked off by the police and closed to cars.

She: That’s right. The police will be busy now because the main street will soon be a pedestrian zone. She: Lots of rickshaws have been running since early this morning. Me: Oh, you’re right. She: Okay, we will stop here where we can see the Asahi Beer building. Me: Yeah. She: I’ll introduce myself.

She: I’m Ayane Takahashi. I will be your driver today. Me: Thank you. She: My real name is long, so please call me “Nechi”. Me: Nechi-chan? She: Yeah. This comes from the nickname “Ayanecchi”. She: I’ll do my best today. Me: Thank you.

She: Now there is a first sunrise of the year in the sky. Me: Oh, yeah. She: It’s a great morning. Me: Wow. She: The sun is shining. Me: Yeah. She: The sun seems to be blessing the beginning of the new year. She: The headquarters of Asahi Beer can be seen over there.

Me: Yeah. She: I guess that building has appeared in many of your videos. Me: Ah, yeah. She: That building on the left. Don’t you think the golden building with the jagged object on it looks like something? Me: That building looks like a beer. She: Yeah, nice answer.

She: Did you drink beer during the year-end holidays? Me: Yeah, I had it yesterday. She: That’s good. It’s great to drink alcohol on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Holidays. Me: Yeah. She: Can you see the object next to the Asahi Beer building? Me: Yeah.

She: That object has also appeared many times in your videos, so you probably already know what that thing is. She: That gold object is a flame object that expresses the passion of Asahi Beer employees. Me: Yeah.

She: The color of that building is gold, and my hair color is gold too. You might have golden luck this year, you know. Me: It’s rare to find a rickshaw driver with hair color like yours. She: That’s right. Among Asakusa’s rickshaw drivers, Gump Suzuki had this hair color not long ago.

She: But he recently changed his hair color, so I’m the only blonde hair rickshaw driver in Asakusa. Me: Wow. She: It’s a prominent color. Me: Yeah. Me: When did you make your debut as a rickshaw driver? She: I made my debut as a rickshaw driver last year around Christmas.

Me: About one week ago? She: Yeah. Me: Oh, I see. She: I did my best to make my debut before the year was out. Me: That’s great. Me: Is this rickshaw driver job your main job? She: Yeah. I’m currently only doing this rickshaw driver job.

Me: So, do you come to work more often during the week? She: Yeah, I come to work a lot. She: I’m one of the most often coming to work girl drivers. Me: Wow. Me: So, if a viewer went to the rickshaw stop of Tokyo Rickshaw, they have the chances of seeing you?

She: Yeah, I think your viewers would probably be able to meet me. Me: Viewers, if you have a chance to come to Japan, please take a ride on her rickshaw. She: Yeah, I’ll be waiting. Me: By the way, can you guide foreign customers in English?

She: Well… I use only passion to guide for my foreign customers. She: I’m currently learning how to guide using English. Me: Oh, I see. Me: You are energetic and easy to talk to, so foreign customers are sure to enjoy your rickshaw. She: Yeah, I smile all the time.

She: These days, translator app make it possible to guide foreign customers without problems. Me: It’s helpful. She: Yeah. Me: Do you have a favorite restaurant in Asakusa? She: Let’s see…, I like tempura. She: I originally liked tempura. And the first tempura I had in Asakusa was so delicious.

She: Tempura in Asakusa is so delicious at every restaurant that it is difficult to choose one favorite. Me: Yeah. She: The freshly deep-fried tempura at Asakusa’s tempura restaurant is the best. Me: Yeah. She: I especially like “Akimitsu” restaurant because it was the first place I ate tempura in Asakusa. Me: Oh, I see.

Me: What is your favorite tempura ingredient? She: Well… I like “sand borers”.(=a fish that japanese people commonly eat.) Me: You like sand borer? Wow you’re an adult. She: I like white fish. Me: You like white fish. She: Yeah. Me: Oh, we can see the Sky Tree clearly today.

Me: Did you have any difficulties during your training period? She: When I was a trainee, it was very difficult to go up the slopes. Me: Oh, I see. Me: There are many slopes around the bridge, aren’t there? She: Yeah, so I practiced going up slopes around the Azuma bridge many times.

Me: That was tough. She: Yeah, I remember the practice in Azuma bridge very well. She: I increased my work days and practiced every day. She: I practiced every day until I reached the limit of my physical strength. Me: Did you have any exercise experience? She: Yeah, I used to do rhythmic gymnastics.

Me: You did rhythmic gymnastics? She: Yeah, for a long time. Me: Where are our destination for today? She: We are going to “Matsuchiyama Shoden”. Me: Yeah. She: Next to that we’ll go to Imado Shrine. This is the New Year’s “Hatsumoude(=The first shrine/temple visit of the year)” course. Me: Thank you.

Me: During the New Year’s holidays, tourists often go to shrines and temples in hopes of finding good luck. Me: I’m sure you guide a lot of rickshaw customers to Matsuchiyama Shoden during this holidays? She: Yeah, a lot.

She: Usually we often take customers who want to go to Sensoji Temple to places such as nearby Asakusa Shrine, which is located near the temple. She: But during the New Year’s holidays, tourists are not allowed to enter Senso-ji Temple through any entrance other than the Kaminarimon gate.

She: So, we guide tourists who want to visit shrines and temples to the Matsuchiyama Shoden and the Imado Shrine. She: Sometimes we will guide our customers to the shrines and temples of the Seven Lucky Gods Tour. Yoshiwara Shrine, Hashiba Fudoson, Ishihama Shrine, etc. She: I hear that.

She: I have not yet guided customers to those places because it’s my first time working at New Year’s holidays. Me: You debuted at the busiest time of the year. She: You’re right. She: The male driver who was training with me also made his debut yesterday. Me: Wow.

She: We are trying to do our best this New Year’s holidays. She: It will shake a little. Me: Okay. She: Okay. Me: Do you enjoy this job? She: Yeah, I enjoy very much. She: But I feel I need to be more physical.

She: Actually, I never liked to exercise much, so I had never done much running. She: I run a lot in this job and sometimes my stamina is not enough. Me: Why did you start this job? She: I used to work in the hospitality service industry.

She: It’s a theme park with a famous mouse character. Me: Ah, I understand where you are talking about. She: I worked there for a long time. Me: Oh, I see. She: Later, I took another job. But I wanted to do work that entertained people.

She: Because I had found it rewarding when I worked at Disney. Me: Oh, you said “Disney”. She: Oh, I’ve said it. She: So I wanted to get another job again that entertained people. She: Then I looked for a job on a job search site. She: I found a rickshaw job on that website.

She: I became very interested in this job. She: It’ll shake a little. Me: Okay. Me: Now I understand why you started this job. She: Yeah. She: Okay, we have arrived at the Matsuchiyama Shoden. Me: Thank you. She: I’ll put down it. 1, 2, 3… Me: Thank you. She: Okay, let’s go. Me: Yeah.

She: The Daikon(Japanese radish) Festival is held here on January 7. She: Have you heard of Furofuki Daikon? Oh, watch your step. Me: Yeah. She: This temple is closely related to Daikon radish.

She: At this temple, worshippers can offer Daikon radishes to the temple. At the Daikon Festival, “Furofuki Daikon” is cooked with those Daikon radishes. Me: Wow. She: I would like to eat it. She: Well, let’s take a bow here. Me: This gate was renovationed, right? She: Yeah, the gate was renovationed.

Me: Oh, there are a lot of worshippers here today. She: Yeah. She: Please take a look here. This one has probably appeared many times in your videos too. She: This is a Daikon radish. She: These two Daikon radishes represent a human couple.

She: Because of the intersection of these two Daikon radishes, this temple has the blessing of happy marriage. She: This is a drawstring bag here. It’s an old Japanese wallet. She: This wallet is tied with a string, meaning that money cannot leave the wallet. Therefore, it’s a blessing for money.

She: There are many Daikon radish and drawstring bag designs in this temple grounds. She: That incense burner also has a drawstring bag design. She: This temple is cute, full of Daikon radishes and drawstring bags. Me: Yeah. She: This lantern also depicts a drawstring bag.

She: Look, that one is also in the shape of a drawstring bag. She: It’s said that the smoke from this incense burner purifies the body. So, you should put lots of smoke on your body. Me: Oh, thank you.

She: I would like to bring the blessings of this smoke to the viewers as well. She: Your body has now been purified. Me: Oh, it’s unusual for this hall to be open. She: Yeah, it must be because today is New Year’s days.

Me: It writtend that a “Hounou Kagura(sacred music and dance)” performance will be held today. She: Wow, I want to see it. She: This is the first time I have seen this hall open. Me: Yeah. Me: It looks little crowded in front of the temple’s main hall. She: Yeah.

She: I heard that it will be more crowded today. There are long lines to visit the temple, I heard. She: So, now is the good time. Me: I think worshiping on New Year’s Day is better to be done early in the morning. She: Yeah.

She: Even on New Year’s Day, if it is early in the morning, many shrines and temples, including Sensoji Temple, will not be too crowded. She: And it’s also easier to ride a rickshaw in the early morning. Me: Yeah. Me: Thank you. She: Yeah. She: Please watch your step. Me: Yeah.

She: In temples, do not clap your hands and worship quietly. Me: Yeah. She: Usually there is a temple gong over there that worshippers can ring. She: But today it is removed, so worshippers must worship quietly. Me: Yeah. She: On days when the temple’s gongs are in place, worshippers are free to ring them.

She: Please watch your step again. Me: Thank you. She: All the leaves of the ginkgo trees in the precinct have fallen and there is a winter atmosphere. Me: Yeah. She: I’ll show you where you can get a good view of the Sky Tree. She: This is “Jouju Bridge”.

She: Wow, two shots of the morning sun and the Sky Tree. She: Backlit, is shot okay? Me: Yeah, I’ll try to move a little. She: The first sunrise is blessing us. Today we are stars. She: From here you can enjoy the view of the temple’s plants and the pond.

She: I can’t find the carp. Me: I see some carp at the far end of the pond. She: Oh, yeah. There is also a golden carp. That’s a good luck. She: There is only one golden carp in this pond. She: So it’s lucky to find golden carp here.

Me: Only one golden carp? She: Yeah. She: So we are very lucky today. She: The view of this garden and the Sky Tree is great. Me: Yeah, the view from here is great. She: This is the best photo spot.

She: It is said that if you make a wish again when you walk on this bridge, what you prayed at the temple’s main hall, you will receive more blessings. She: If you want to receive more blessings at this temple, I recommend you should come to this bridge as well. Me: Yeah.

She: This garden is planted with a variety of plants, so worshippers can enjoy beautiful scenery in every season. Me: Your guide is good. She: Oh, really? Thank you. She: I’m sure many of my coworkers’ drivers will be here today with their customers.

She: Soon this area will be lively with worshippers and rickshaw drivers. She: Oh, it’s “Amazake(=sweet drink made from fermented rice)”. Me: Is Amazake a Japanese drink? She: Yeah. I was never a fan of Amazake in the first place. Do you like it? Me: Yeah, I like it.

She: Amazake is called the IV drip to drink because it is high in nutrition. She: So it’s good that you like Amazake. Me: Oh, there are many rickshaws. She: Yeah, it’s time to get crowded.

Me: So many worshippers come on New Year’s Day to visit the temple on a rickshaw? She: Yeah, they are. She: Then, please wait a moment. Me: Yeah. She: Okay. Me: Thank you. She: Please watch your step and ride. Me: Thank you. She: I’ll put a blanket on you again. Me: Thank you.

Me: Your nail art looks nice. She: Oh, thank you. She: My blonde hair and flashy nails make me look like a gal. She: But my personality is not a gal. Me: As you say, you look like a gal. Me: Some foreign viewers may not know the meaning of gal in Japan.

She: Japanese gal. Me: It is difficult to explain Japanese gal culture to foreign viewers. She: Yeah. She: Japanese gals are girls with flashy makeup and high spirits. Me: You’re right. She: They are fond of saying “AGE”. She: I’m a serious person, unlike the Japanese gals. She: We will move forward slowly.

She: It’ll shake a little. Me: Yeah. She: Oh, there is a rickshaw parked over there, too. Me: Oh, it’s true. Me: Your hair ribbon looks nice. She: Thank you. I dressed up today. She: I usually wear a scrunchie. But today I wear a ribbon. She: I made my back look cute. Me: Yeah.

Me: Do you work every day during the New Year’s holidays? She: Yeah. She: Everyday. She: I’ll take care of myself and do my best every day. Me: Could you explain to an foreign viewer how the Japanese spend New Year’s holidays? She: There are several ways for Japanese people to spend New Year’s holidays.

She: One is to go out of the house and spend time going to Hatsumode (New Year’s visit to a shrine) or Hatsu-uri (New Year’s sales). She: At the first sales in Japan, products called Fukubukuro(=grab bag) are sold. During this holidays, things are sold at a discount.

She: This is an active way to spend New Year’s holidays. She: Another way to spend the time is to stay home. During the New Year’s holidays, TV programs that are different from the usual are aired, so people enjoy them. She: Spending New Year’s holidays without leaving the house is called “Neshogatsu”. Me: Yeah.

She: These two are typical examples of how Japanese people spend New Year’s holidays. Me: Yeah, some people stay home to relax and others go out to be active. She: Yeah, which one are you? Me: Since I started YouTube, I have been going out for New Year’s holidays. She: Oh, you’re active. Me: Yeah.

She: Go for a Hatsumode or some shopping? Me: The atmosphere of the town is different from usual during New Year’s holidays, so I sometimes go there to take photos and videos. She: That’s good. She: Do you shoot anything other than rickshaws?

Me: Yeah, I sometimes film other things than rickshaws. But I only publish rickshaw videos on my YouTube. She: Oh, I see. Me: We arrived. She: Oh, shrines are decorated with New Year’s holidays. Me: Yeah. She: Today, rickshaws are not allowed to enter through this entrance. We will use the other entrance. Me: Okay.

She: It’ll shake a little. Me: Yeah. Me: This is the first time to enter from here. She: There is a trick to passing through here. She: Okay. Me: Wow. She: Today we entered the shrine grounds through a different entrance than usual. Oh, it’ll shake a little again.

She: Oh, there are many worshippers. Me: Yeah, there’s a line. She: I’ll park the rickshaw here. Me: Yeah, thank you. She: I’ll put it down. Me: Yeah. She: Okay. Me: We find “Nami-chan”, the mascot cat of this shrine. She: Yeah. Me: Let’s get a little closer to that cat. She: Wow. She: Hi.

She: Hi, Happy New Year. She: This cat looks sleepy. Me: Yeah. She: This cat may have been busy on the New Year’s Eve. Worshipper: Hi, Nami. She: Nami-chan looks very sleepy today. She&Me: Cute. She: Thank you. She: So cute. Me: Yeah.

Me: This may have the first time I was able to meet Nami-chan during the shooting. She: Oh, really? She: Wow, we are lucky today. She: I’m sure good things will happen for all the viewers watching this videos too. She: Wow. She: Let’s be happy together. She: I will introduce the Ema. Me: Yeah.

She: Here is another cat. Me: These ema are cute. She: Yeah. She: Ema are generally pentagonal in shape, but these ema are round shape. She: The round shape is called “en” in Japanese. Also, to be married to a lover in Japanese is also called “en”.

She: If you have a lover, you will have a good result if you worship at this shrine. She: Couples who got a good results come to write their thanks on an Ema with a clothed cat on it.

She: Because the Japanese pronunciation of “Fuku ga kita(got lucky)” and the Japanese pronunciation of “Fuku ga kita(clothed)” are the same. She: The Ema of this shrine is very unique. She: It’s crowded today, so let’s worship next to the shrine’s main hall. Me: Okay. She: It takes time to worship today.

Me: There is a line of worshippers, so today we will do a quick worship. She: We will worship next to the shrine’s main hall. She: The names of these two cats are Nami and Nagi. Me: Oh, I see. She: It is the same name as the cat we met earlier.

She: This name is derived from “Izanagi no Mikoto” and “Izanami no Mikoto”, the deities of this shrine. She: It is said that if you pat the head of this cat, your wish will come true. She: It is as beneficial as worshipping at the shrine’s main hall.

Me: Cat’s head is changing color. She: Yeah, because a lot of worshippers touched it. She: Worshippers who wanted to marry their lovers patted many of here, which is why it changed color. She: If you worshipping here, you will receive the same blessings as when worshipping at the shrine’s main hall.

She: I recommend that worshippers who do not have time to wait in line to worship from here. Me: Yeah. She: When worshipping, please give 2 bows, 2 claps, and 1 bow. She: Is it okay if we don’t go over there? Me: Yeah, it’s crowded today, so let’s go back to the rickshaw.

Me: Okay, we’ll end today’s shoot here. She: Thank you. Me: Thank you too. Me:I’ll come back for a ride. She: Yeah, let’s enjoy rickshaws together again. Me: Viewers, please come and ride her rickshaw. She: Yeah, I’ll be waiting. Me: See you again. She: Thank you.

I took a rickshaw ride in Asakusa driven by a very cute girl driver, Nechi-chan!
Nechi-chan is a rickshaw driver who made her debut end of last year.
She is a blonde girl rickshaw driver, which is rare in Asakusa.
This time, Nechi and I went to Asakusa on New Year’s Day for Hatsumode.😊
I hope this video will make you feel like riding on a rickshaw driven by Nechi-chan. ^^

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